Screen or storm sash mounting for windows



NOV. 14:, 1933. DIETZ 1,935,020

SCREEN OR sTbRM SASii MOUNTING FOR WINDOWS Filed Sept. 10, 1931 2 Sheets-Shea; 1

INVENIOR.

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Nov. 14, 1933. .P. DIETZ SCREEN OR STORM SASH MOUNTING FOR WINDOWS Filed Sept. 10, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

"W a a v z L! My m w r M Patented Nov. 14, 1933 SCREEN OB STORM BASH MOUNTING FOR A WINDOWS Peter Diets, Lorain, Ohio Application September 10, 1931 Serial No. 562,024

2 Claims. (01. 20-55) I This invention relates to improvements in screen or storm sash mountings for windows.

The main object of the invention is to provide a mounting or arrangement whereby screen or 5 storm sash may be initially installed and subsequently removed and replaced entirely from within the window or room in which the window is located, thus obviating the use of ladders or scaflolds on the outside of the building or window.

Another object is to provide a mounting of this kind including a conveniently operable means for receiving and supporting the' screen or storm sash and a positive and convenient lock for the sash when in place,

A further object is to provide a mounting of this kind which is adapted for use upon either I a wood or metal window frame andwhich will require a minimum of alteration of the window frame in installing the sash. I

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a vertical section through a window frame of wood construction, showing a screen sash in the process of being mounted therein;

Figure 2 is an enlarged inside elevation of a medial portion of one of the side stops showing the'sash carrier mounted thereon;

Figure 3 is a horizontal cross section through the structure shown in Figure 2 showing also a portion of a sash mounted in the carrier; Figure 4 is an enlarged section along the line 4-4 in Figure 1;

Figure 5'is an enlarged section along the lin 5--5 in Figure 1;

Figure 6 is an enlarged vertical cross section through the upper outer portion of the window frame and sash showing the lock for the sash;

Figure '7 is an elevation of the structure shown in Figure 6 as viewed from the interior of the window; I

Figure '8 is a vertical crpss section through a window frame of metal construction showing a screen sash in the process of being mounted therein;

through the upper and outer portion of the metal 10-10 inFigule a;

Figure 9 is an enlarged vertical cross section -dow frame of conventional wooden construction and in which the upper and lower window sash B and C are conventionally mounted. In accordance with the present invention, head and side stops 1 and 2 are mounted on the inner faces of the top and sides of the window frame outwardly of the window sash therein and in the angle formed at thejunction of the stiles 3, head casing 4 and the blind stops 5. The head stop 1 is rabbeted at 6 along its outer edge as shown in Figures 1 and 6, and the side stops 2 are similarly rabbeted along their outer edges at 7 from their upper ends to a point some distance below their centers and are from that point to their lower extremities rabbeted along their inner or opposite edges as shown at .8. Attention is called to the fact that the junctions between these oppo-' sitely rabbeted portions of the side stops 2 are located below the center of the said stops, whereby these points are located on a plane below the lower margins of the upper window sash ;B and lower window sash C when the latter is raised as shown in Figure 1. At the junction of these oppositely rabbeted portions, the side stops 2 are mortised or cut away a short distance at 9 on a plane flush with the troughs or faces 10 of the rabbets 7 and 8, whereby to provide a recess to receive sash carrier mounting plates 11, which are rigidly secured to the side stops by screws 12. Sash carriers 13 of U-shaped cross section are pivotally mounted intermediate their ends on the plates 11 by bolts 14 passed through said carriers and plates and provided at their inner ends with nuts. 15' bearing against expansion coil .137 swung through a vertical plane but will remain set in any adjusted position by virtue of the tension of the springs 16. To retain the carriers 13 in their vertical and normal position, they are gag provided with projecting bosses or. studs 17 adapted to releasably engage depressions 18 in the mounting plates 11 in a readily apparent manner. The screen or storm sash 19 is rectangular in form and comprises the stiles 20, top rail 21 and bottom rail 22 between which is mounted the screen or storm covering 23. The length of the sash 19'is equal to the height of the window frame but the width of the sash is somewhat less than the width of the opening in the window frame whereby the remaining marginal shoulder 41 thus formed will enter the rabbet 6 of the head. stop 1 when the sash is in place. The stiles 20 of the sash 19 are likewise rabbeted at 42 along their inner edges from the upper ends to a point below their centers and from that point to their lower ends are rabbeted on the opposite edge or outside edge as shown at 24. 'This rabbeting of the sash stiles is complementary to the aforesaid reverse rabbetlng of the side stops 2 and the respective lengths of the upper and lower rabbets are. of course the same. At the junction of the rabbets 42 and 24, the outer faces of the stiles 20 are uncut as shown at 25, whereby a bearing is provided for engagement with the sash carriers In mounting the sash 19 in the window frame A, the lower window sash C is raised as far as possible whereby access is had to the sash carriers 13 located below the plane of the window sash as hereinbefore pointed out. The carriers 13 are then turned at anangle and the sash 19 is slipped endwise into and through the carriers, the spaced sides 26 of which slidably receive and hold the sash stiles 20 as shown in Figures 1 and 3. The sash is then swung outward at its lower end and simultaneously raised until it clears the window sill after which the sash is swung to a vertical position and lowered until it fits snugly between the stops 1 and 2 and the sill. I The oppositely rabbeted formation of the side stops 2 permit this swinging of thesash into place as will be readily understood and at the same time prevents the sash from swinging in the opposite direction. .For the same purpose and to relieve the rabbeted stops and sash of the, strain, the ends of the .sash carriers are cut oif a'ngularly at 27 to meet and butt against the complementarilyangular faces 28 of the unrabbeted portions of the side stops 2 as clearly shown in Figure 2. I

A latch 29 is pivoted on a screw 30 in a slot 31 in the top rail 21 of the screen or storm sash 19 and is adapted to releasably engage a slot 32 in the head stop 1 in a manner clearly shown in Figures 6 and. '1, whereby'the sash- 19 will be locked and held from swinging outward at its upper end. The latch 29 is operable by 'a handle 33 from within the window by lowering the upper window sash B and the co-action of the bosses 17 and depressions 18 on the sash carrier 13 and mounting plates 11 serves to hold the sash in an upright position while the window sash is being lowered and the latch 29 operated. To

. remove the sash- 19, the latch 29 is first re- I leased, the sash swung outward at its upper end and raised and then pulled inwardly out of the carriers 13.

In Figures 8 to 11 inclusive, the use of the screen and storm sash mounting upon a window franieA' of metal construction is shown. In this case the head and side stops 1 and 2 hereinbefore set forth are in the form of angle irons 1a and 2a secured by screws 34 to the iambs 35 of the window frame. The top. angle iron 1a has its inwardly directed web 36 on the inner side of the iron. The side angle irons 2a are each formed of two sections,'the upper ones having their inwardly directed webs 3'? on their inner margins, while the lower sections have their inwardly directed webs 38 along their outer margins. Intermediate these upper and lower sections of the side angle irons 2a and at a point below the centers thereof, the sash carriers 13a are mounted and arranged in a manner identical with that hereinbefore described. The screen and storm sash 19a is mounted in place and operated as aforesaid and due to the arrangement of the top and side, angle irons la and 2a may swing snugly into place. The sash 19a is not rabbeted in this case but simply swings inward between the webs 39 by which the angle irons are secured to the window frame. A latch 29:: pivoted at 30a in a slot 31a in the top rail 2121 of the sash 19a enters a slot 40 in the web 39 of the top angle iron 1a to lock the sash in place.

The advantages of the mountings of the screen or storm sash lie in the ease and convenience of the operation of installing or removing the sash and the fact that the entire operation is performed from within the window or room, thus obviating the use of unhandy and hazardous ladders or scaffolds on the outside of the building. The mountings described are obviously capable of use upon window frames of all types with little or no alteration thereof.

While I have herein set forth a certain preferred embodiment of my invention, it is understood that I may vary from the same in minordetails, not departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

, 1. In combination with a window frame having side stops recessed medially upon their inner faces in transverse alignment, sash carrier mounting plates secured to the side stops over said recessed portions thereof, the said mounting plates being pierced medially with bolt holes and provided with stud engaging depressions, elongated sash carriershaving flanged side margins and provided withstuds adapted to register with the depressions of the mounting plates when the carriers are turned in longitudinal alignment with the side stops, the sash carriers being pierced with bolt holes for registry with the bolt holes of the mounting plates, bolts passed through the aligned bolt holes of sash carriers and mounting plates into the said recesses of the side stops, the

bolts being provided with nuts at their inner ends,

and coil springs mounted over the ends of the bolts within said recesses of the side stops, the springs being braced between the nuts of the bolts and the mounting plates.

2. In a device of the kind described, a U-shaped sash carrier for slidably engaging a sash at one side margin thereof ,a mounting plate for mounting upon the side of a window frame, the sash carrier and mounting plate having registering bolt holes pierced therethrough, a bolt passed 1 PETER DIE'IZ. 

